hisco

Latin

Etymology

From hiō (“to yawn, gape”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhiːs.koː/, [ˈhiːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.ko/, [ˈisko]

Verb

hīscō (present infinitive hīscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. (intransitive) to yawn, gape, open
2. (intransitive) to open the mouth, mutter, murmur
3. (transitive) to speak, utter

Conjugation

Conjugation of hīscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	hīscō	hīscis	hīscit	hīscimus	hīscitis	hīscunt
	imperfect	hīscēbam	hīscēbās	hīscēbat	hīscēbāmus	hīscēbātis	hīscēbant
	future	hīscam	hīscēs	hīscet	hīscēmus	hīscētis	hīscent
passive	present	hīscor	hīsceris, hīscere	hīscitur	hīscimur	hīsciminī	hīscuntur
	imperfect	hīscēbar	hīscēbāris, hīscēbāre	hīscēbātur	hīscēbāmur	hīscēbāminī	hīscēbantur
	future	hīscar	hīscēris, hīscēre	hīscētur	hīscēmur	hīscēminī	hīscentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	hīscam	hīscās	hīscat	hīscāmus	hīscātis	hīscant
	imperfect	hīscerem	hīscerēs	hīsceret	hīscerēmus	hīscerētis	hīscerent
passive	present	hīscar	hīscāris, hīscāre	hīscātur	hīscāmur	hīscāminī	hīscantur
	imperfect	hīscerer	hīscerēris, hīscerēre	hīscerētur	hīscerēmur	hīscerēminī	hīscerentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	hīsce	—	—	hīscite	—
	future	—	hīscitō	hīscitō	—	hīscitōte	hīscuntō
passive	present	—	hīscere	—	—	hīsciminī	—
	future	—	hīscitor	hīscitor	—	—	hīscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		hīscere	—	—	hīscī	—	—
participles		hīscēns	—	—	—	—	hīscendus, hīscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		hīscendī	hīscendō	hīscendum	hīscendō	—	—

Derived terms

• circumhīscō
• dĕhīscō

References

• “hisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.